Gayborhood watch.
Forget the Castro, Chelsea and WeHo. Certified gay enclaves (we
won't call them ghettos!) are cropping up in surprising places:
Gaypleton, Denver: Site of the former Stapleton Airport; Hellsea, New
York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City
City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. : Hell's Kitchen Hell’s Kitchen
section of midtown Manhattan; notorious for slums and high crime rate. [Am. Usage: Misc.]
See : Poverty , north of Chelsea; Mount Washington Mount Washington is the name of several mountains in North America: - Canada
- Mount Washington (British Columbia)
- United States
, Los
Angeles: A "new Silver Lake" in the hilly part of East L.A.;
Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. : Boho-chic urban enclave just west of
the city center; Queen City, Philadelphia:The southern border of
Philly's Center City; Spokane, Wash.: Queer leaders want to build
gay abodes, businesses, and bars; opposition is strong.
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